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Phal leuchorroda ?
[I am double-posting this message to rgo, so that this thread gets archived.
This is a thread started on abpo] Claude, Hmm, very interesting. Does the Syn. stand for "synonym"? Phal philippinensis certainly seems to result in a lot more search results in google. Also, http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~fk8t-tnk/q-phi.htm for example seems to confirm Rod's statement about phal philippinensis being a natural hybrid of Phal.amabilis var.aphrodite X Phal.schilleriana -- and this site even mentions the alternative name, spelling it "leucorhoda" though. Many sites however just list phal philippinensis as a species phal. I wonder whether there is debate about this being a natural hybrid or a separate species, or whether those who identify this as a species just do so to simplify the description? Joanna "Claude" wrote in message s.com... This is what I found: Phal. leuchorroda Syn. Phal. philippinensis the site: http://www.sorellaorchids.com/orchid_list.htm Hope this help! Claude "wendy7" wrote in message news:R1U2c.35167$qL1.16649@fed1read02... | Thanks much Joanna, interestingly Rod was my very first internet orchid | vendor, | seems like such a long time ago. | -- | Cheers Wendy | | Remove PETERPAN for email reply | | J Fortuna wrote: | Wendy, | Here is some info on Phal Leuchorroda posted in rgo in 1997 by Rod | from Venger's Orchids: | http://groups.google.com/groups?selm...ers.com&rnum=1 | Best, | Joanna | | "wendy7" wrote in message | news:RcS2c.35152$qL1.26299@fed1read02... | This phal is labelled Phal. leuchorroda. Have not found any info on | it? It is mounted on a 5x6" piece of cork bark. | It has mottled leaves and two spikes, one is more | pink? | -- | Cheers Wendy | | Remove PETERPAN for email reply | | |
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Phal leuchorroda ?
[I am double-posting this message to rgo, so that this thread gets archived.
This is a thread started on abpo] Claude, Hmm, very interesting. Does the Syn. stand for "synonym"? Phal philippinensis certainly seems to result in a lot more search results in google. Also, http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~fk8t-tnk/q-phi.htm for example seems to confirm Rod's statement about phal philippinensis being a natural hybrid of Phal.amabilis var.aphrodite X Phal.schilleriana -- and this site even mentions the alternative name, spelling it "leucorhoda" though. Many sites however just list phal philippinensis as a species phal. I wonder whether there is debate about this being a natural hybrid or a separate species, or whether those who identify this as a species just do so to simplify the description? Joanna "Claude" wrote in message s.com... This is what I found: Phal. leuchorroda Syn. Phal. philippinensis the site: http://www.sorellaorchids.com/orchid_list.htm Hope this help! Claude "wendy7" wrote in message news:R1U2c.35167$qL1.16649@fed1read02... | Thanks much Joanna, interestingly Rod was my very first internet orchid | vendor, | seems like such a long time ago. | -- | Cheers Wendy | | Remove PETERPAN for email reply | | J Fortuna wrote: | Wendy, | Here is some info on Phal Leuchorroda posted in rgo in 1997 by Rod | from Venger's Orchids: | http://groups.google.com/groups?selm...ers.com&rnum=1 | Best, | Joanna | | "wendy7" wrote in message | news:RcS2c.35152$qL1.26299@fed1read02... | This phal is labelled Phal. leuchorroda. Have not found any info on | it? It is mounted on a 5x6" piece of cork bark. | It has mottled leaves and two spikes, one is more | pink? | -- | Cheers Wendy | | Remove PETERPAN for email reply | | |
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Phal leuchorroda ?
[I am double-posting this message to rgo, so that this thread gets archived.
This is a thread started on abpo] Claude, Hmm, very interesting. Does the Syn. stand for "synonym"? Phal philippinensis certainly seems to result in a lot more search results in google. Also, http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~fk8t-tnk/q-phi.htm for example seems to confirm Rod's statement about phal philippinensis being a natural hybrid of Phal.amabilis var.aphrodite X Phal.schilleriana -- and this site even mentions the alternative name, spelling it "leucorhoda" though. Many sites however just list phal philippinensis as a species phal. I wonder whether there is debate about this being a natural hybrid or a separate species, or whether those who identify this as a species just do so to simplify the description? Joanna "Claude" wrote in message s.com... This is what I found: Phal. leuchorroda Syn. Phal. philippinensis the site: http://www.sorellaorchids.com/orchid_list.htm Hope this help! Claude "wendy7" wrote in message news:R1U2c.35167$qL1.16649@fed1read02... | Thanks much Joanna, interestingly Rod was my very first internet orchid | vendor, | seems like such a long time ago. | -- | Cheers Wendy | | Remove PETERPAN for email reply | | J Fortuna wrote: | Wendy, | Here is some info on Phal Leuchorroda posted in rgo in 1997 by Rod | from Venger's Orchids: | http://groups.google.com/groups?selm...ers.com&rnum=1 | Best, | Joanna | | "wendy7" wrote in message | news:RcS2c.35152$qL1.26299@fed1read02... | This phal is labelled Phal. leuchorroda. Have not found any info on | it? It is mounted on a 5x6" piece of cork bark. | It has mottled leaves and two spikes, one is more | pink? | -- | Cheers Wendy | | Remove PETERPAN for email reply | | |
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Phal Leuchorroda ?
Hi Joanna, thanks for posting this. I find all this naming so mind boggling
& then when searching it gets worse! (The mind, that is?) I found a pic of Phal. Leuchorroda that looks just like mine so will make notes of the natural cross. I guess nothing is written in stone? -- Cheers Wendy Remove PETERPAN for email reply J Fortuna wrote: [I am double-posting this message to rgo, so that this thread gets archived. This is a thread started on abpo] Claude, Hmm, very interesting. Does the Syn. stand for "synonym"? Phal philippinensis certainly seems to result in a lot more search results in google. Also, http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~fk8t-tnk/q-phi.htm for example seems to confirm Rod's statement about phal philippinensis being a natural hybrid of Phal.amabilis var.aphrodite X Phal.schilleriana -- and this site even mentions the alternative name, spelling it "leucorhoda" though. Many sites however just list phal philippinensis as a species phal. I wonder whether there is debate about this being a natural hybrid or a separate species, or whether those who identify this as a species just do so to simplify the description? Joanna "Claude" wrote in message s.com... This is what I found: Phal. leuchorroda Syn. Phal. philippinensis the site: http://www.sorellaorchids.com/orchid_list.htm Hope this help! Claude "wendy7" wrote in message news:R1U2c.35167$qL1.16649@fed1read02... Thanks much Joanna, interestingly Rod was my very first internet orchid vendor, seems like such a long time ago. -- Cheers Wendy Remove PETERPAN for email reply J Fortuna wrote: Wendy, Here is some info on Phal Leuchorroda posted in rgo in 1997 by Rod from Venger's Orchids: http://groups.google.com/groups?selm...ers.com&rnum=1 Best, Joanna "wendy7" wrote in message news:RcS2c.35152$qL1.26299@fed1read02... This phal is labelled Phal. leuchorroda. Have not found any info on it? It is mounted on a 5x6" piece of cork bark. It has mottled leaves and two spikes, one is more pink? -- Cheers Wendy Remove PETERPAN for email reply |
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Phal Leuchorroda ?
Hi Joanna, thanks for posting this. I find all this naming so mind boggling
& then when searching it gets worse! (The mind, that is?) I found a pic of Phal. Leuchorroda that looks just like mine so will make notes of the natural cross. I guess nothing is written in stone? -- Cheers Wendy Remove PETERPAN for email reply J Fortuna wrote: [I am double-posting this message to rgo, so that this thread gets archived. This is a thread started on abpo] Claude, Hmm, very interesting. Does the Syn. stand for "synonym"? Phal philippinensis certainly seems to result in a lot more search results in google. Also, http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~fk8t-tnk/q-phi.htm for example seems to confirm Rod's statement about phal philippinensis being a natural hybrid of Phal.amabilis var.aphrodite X Phal.schilleriana -- and this site even mentions the alternative name, spelling it "leucorhoda" though. Many sites however just list phal philippinensis as a species phal. I wonder whether there is debate about this being a natural hybrid or a separate species, or whether those who identify this as a species just do so to simplify the description? Joanna "Claude" wrote in message s.com... This is what I found: Phal. leuchorroda Syn. Phal. philippinensis the site: http://www.sorellaorchids.com/orchid_list.htm Hope this help! Claude "wendy7" wrote in message news:R1U2c.35167$qL1.16649@fed1read02... Thanks much Joanna, interestingly Rod was my very first internet orchid vendor, seems like such a long time ago. -- Cheers Wendy Remove PETERPAN for email reply J Fortuna wrote: Wendy, Here is some info on Phal Leuchorroda posted in rgo in 1997 by Rod from Venger's Orchids: http://groups.google.com/groups?selm...ers.com&rnum=1 Best, Joanna "wendy7" wrote in message news:RcS2c.35152$qL1.26299@fed1read02... This phal is labelled Phal. leuchorroda. Have not found any info on it? It is mounted on a 5x6" piece of cork bark. It has mottled leaves and two spikes, one is more pink? -- Cheers Wendy Remove PETERPAN for email reply |
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Phal Leuchorroda ?
Hi Joanna, thanks for posting this. I find all this naming so mind boggling
& then when searching it gets worse! (The mind, that is?) I found a pic of Phal. Leuchorroda that looks just like mine so will make notes of the natural cross. I guess nothing is written in stone? -- Cheers Wendy Remove PETERPAN for email reply J Fortuna wrote: [I am double-posting this message to rgo, so that this thread gets archived. This is a thread started on abpo] Claude, Hmm, very interesting. Does the Syn. stand for "synonym"? Phal philippinensis certainly seems to result in a lot more search results in google. Also, http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~fk8t-tnk/q-phi.htm for example seems to confirm Rod's statement about phal philippinensis being a natural hybrid of Phal.amabilis var.aphrodite X Phal.schilleriana -- and this site even mentions the alternative name, spelling it "leucorhoda" though. Many sites however just list phal philippinensis as a species phal. I wonder whether there is debate about this being a natural hybrid or a separate species, or whether those who identify this as a species just do so to simplify the description? Joanna "Claude" wrote in message s.com... This is what I found: Phal. leuchorroda Syn. Phal. philippinensis the site: http://www.sorellaorchids.com/orchid_list.htm Hope this help! Claude "wendy7" wrote in message news:R1U2c.35167$qL1.16649@fed1read02... Thanks much Joanna, interestingly Rod was my very first internet orchid vendor, seems like such a long time ago. -- Cheers Wendy Remove PETERPAN for email reply J Fortuna wrote: Wendy, Here is some info on Phal Leuchorroda posted in rgo in 1997 by Rod from Venger's Orchids: http://groups.google.com/groups?selm...ers.com&rnum=1 Best, Joanna "wendy7" wrote in message news:RcS2c.35152$qL1.26299@fed1read02... This phal is labelled Phal. leuchorroda. Have not found any info on it? It is mounted on a 5x6" piece of cork bark. It has mottled leaves and two spikes, one is more pink? -- Cheers Wendy Remove PETERPAN for email reply |
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Phal Leuchorroda ?
Hi Joanna, thanks for posting this. I find all this naming so mind boggling
& then when searching it gets worse! (The mind, that is?) I found a pic of Phal. Leuchorroda that looks just like mine so will make notes of the natural cross. I guess nothing is written in stone? -- Cheers Wendy Remove PETERPAN for email reply J Fortuna wrote: [I am double-posting this message to rgo, so that this thread gets archived. This is a thread started on abpo] Claude, Hmm, very interesting. Does the Syn. stand for "synonym"? Phal philippinensis certainly seems to result in a lot more search results in google. Also, http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~fk8t-tnk/q-phi.htm for example seems to confirm Rod's statement about phal philippinensis being a natural hybrid of Phal.amabilis var.aphrodite X Phal.schilleriana -- and this site even mentions the alternative name, spelling it "leucorhoda" though. Many sites however just list phal philippinensis as a species phal. I wonder whether there is debate about this being a natural hybrid or a separate species, or whether those who identify this as a species just do so to simplify the description? Joanna "Claude" wrote in message s.com... This is what I found: Phal. leuchorroda Syn. Phal. philippinensis the site: http://www.sorellaorchids.com/orchid_list.htm Hope this help! Claude "wendy7" wrote in message news:R1U2c.35167$qL1.16649@fed1read02... Thanks much Joanna, interestingly Rod was my very first internet orchid vendor, seems like such a long time ago. -- Cheers Wendy Remove PETERPAN for email reply J Fortuna wrote: Wendy, Here is some info on Phal Leuchorroda posted in rgo in 1997 by Rod from Venger's Orchids: http://groups.google.com/groups?selm...ers.com&rnum=1 Best, Joanna "wendy7" wrote in message news:RcS2c.35152$qL1.26299@fed1read02... This phal is labelled Phal. leuchorroda. Have not found any info on it? It is mounted on a 5x6" piece of cork bark. It has mottled leaves and two spikes, one is more pink? -- Cheers Wendy Remove PETERPAN for email reply |
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Phal Leuchorroda ?
While I don't like confusion in naming plants and animals and I understand
the havoc that can plat for commercial horticulturalists and private collectors, I find it helpful to examine the history behind it and the reasons different taxonomists give for making distinctions. Here is what Christenson has to say that is of some relevance. "phal philippinensis being a natural hybrid of Phal.amabilis var.aphrodite X Phal.schilleriana" In his enry for P. philippinensis, he says: "When P. philippinensis was first discovered and brought into cultivation, it was confused with the similar P. x leucorrhoda." In his entry for P. x leucorrhoda, he says: "This is a naurally occuring hybrd between P. aphrodite and P. schilleriana." and: "When first introduced, P. philippinensis was consistently confused with P. x leucorrhoda. The calli of the two entities are quite different: in P. x leucorrhoda the posterior corners of the callus are sharply pointed teeth; in P. philippinensis the posterior corners of the callus are broadly rounded." In his entry for P. aphrodite, he says: "Phalaenopsis aphrodite has been confused with P. amabilis, whose flowers are very similar. In addition to having distinct ranges, with P. amabilis only recorded from the southern Philippines, there callus structures are distinct. Phalaenopsis aphrodite has the posterior edge of the callus divided into four teeth. This is unlike the callus of P. amabilis, which is divided into only two teeth." (He had previously written that P. aphrodite was from northern Philippines and Taiwan.) And under P. amabilis, he says: "Lindley was confused over the identification of the true P.amabilis and consistently applied that name to plants of P. aphrodite. As a result of this confusion, Lindley needed a name for this 'other' species and he redescribed true P. amabilis as P. grandiflora." and: "One ongoing confusion with P. amabilis is the application of the name to white flowered plants originating from southern Taiwan. Those Taiwanese plants ae correctly a subspecies of P. aphrodite." " No true P. amabilis has been recorded from Taiwan or its neighboring islands." What a mess! The naming confusion appears to arise from disagreements between taxonomists. And, one has to think about the question: "Is a difference in the callus, of the sort Christenson describes, sufficient to regard a given pair of plants as being from different species rather than as merely different races of the same species?" And, "What if such a difference is correlated with distinct ranges?" After all, it seems that distinctions among most of the species and hybrids mentioned above are based, at least by Christenson, on what seem like modest differences in the callus. I wonder how many species of Man would have been identified by modern taxonomists had hominids been classified using the same methods as those used for orchids. It seems to me that the physiognomic variability in Man is much greater than it is in the whole genus Phalaenopsis. Ah the hazards of taxonomy when we don't have a solid theoretically valid understanding of what species are or how to apply such an understanding in the real world. I'd suggest that the primary reason modern taxonomy is mind boggling is that it occurs largely in a theoretical vaccume, and is in practice more like a suite of personality cults; with arguments based on the opinions of authority figures rather than on real science. Does this help, or add to your confusion? :-) Cheers, Ted "wendy7" wrote in message news:e903c.24$Lg.7@fed1read02... Hi Joanna, thanks for posting this. I find all this naming so mind boggling & then when searching it gets worse! (The mind, that is?) I found a pic of Phal. Leuchorroda that looks just like mine so will make notes of the natural cross. I guess nothing is written in stone? -- Cheers Wendy Remove PETERPAN for email reply J Fortuna wrote: [I am double-posting this message to rgo, so that this thread gets archived. This is a thread started on abpo] Claude, Hmm, very interesting. Does the Syn. stand for "synonym"? Phal philippinensis certainly seems to result in a lot more search results in google. Also, http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~fk8t-tnk/q-phi.htm for example seems to confirm Rod's statement about phal philippinensis being a natural hybrid of Phal.amabilis var.aphrodite X Phal.schilleriana -- and this site even mentions the alternative name, spelling it "leucorhoda" though. Many sites however just list phal philippinensis as a species phal. I wonder whether there is debate about this being a natural hybrid or a separate species, or whether those who identify this as a species just do so to simplify the description? Joanna "Claude" wrote in message s.com... This is what I found: Phal. leuchorroda Syn. Phal. philippinensis the site: http://www.sorellaorchids.com/orchid_list.htm Hope this help! Claude "wendy7" wrote in message news:R1U2c.35167$qL1.16649@fed1read02... Thanks much Joanna, interestingly Rod was my very first internet orchid vendor, seems like such a long time ago. -- Cheers Wendy Remove PETERPAN for email reply J Fortuna wrote: Wendy, Here is some info on Phal Leuchorroda posted in rgo in 1997 by Rod from Venger's Orchids: http://groups.google.com/groups?selm...ers.com&rnum=1 Best, Joanna "wendy7" wrote in message news:RcS2c.35152$qL1.26299@fed1read02... This phal is labelled Phal. leuchorroda. Have not found any info on it? It is mounted on a 5x6" piece of cork bark. It has mottled leaves and two spikes, one is more pink? -- Cheers Wendy Remove PETERPAN for email reply |
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Phal Leuchorroda ?
While I don't like confusion in naming plants and animals and I understand
the havoc that can plat for commercial horticulturalists and private collectors, I find it helpful to examine the history behind it and the reasons different taxonomists give for making distinctions. Here is what Christenson has to say that is of some relevance. "phal philippinensis being a natural hybrid of Phal.amabilis var.aphrodite X Phal.schilleriana" In his enry for P. philippinensis, he says: "When P. philippinensis was first discovered and brought into cultivation, it was confused with the similar P. x leucorrhoda." In his entry for P. x leucorrhoda, he says: "This is a naurally occuring hybrd between P. aphrodite and P. schilleriana." and: "When first introduced, P. philippinensis was consistently confused with P. x leucorrhoda. The calli of the two entities are quite different: in P. x leucorrhoda the posterior corners of the callus are sharply pointed teeth; in P. philippinensis the posterior corners of the callus are broadly rounded." In his entry for P. aphrodite, he says: "Phalaenopsis aphrodite has been confused with P. amabilis, whose flowers are very similar. In addition to having distinct ranges, with P. amabilis only recorded from the southern Philippines, there callus structures are distinct. Phalaenopsis aphrodite has the posterior edge of the callus divided into four teeth. This is unlike the callus of P. amabilis, which is divided into only two teeth." (He had previously written that P. aphrodite was from northern Philippines and Taiwan.) And under P. amabilis, he says: "Lindley was confused over the identification of the true P.amabilis and consistently applied that name to plants of P. aphrodite. As a result of this confusion, Lindley needed a name for this 'other' species and he redescribed true P. amabilis as P. grandiflora." and: "One ongoing confusion with P. amabilis is the application of the name to white flowered plants originating from southern Taiwan. Those Taiwanese plants ae correctly a subspecies of P. aphrodite." " No true P. amabilis has been recorded from Taiwan or its neighboring islands." What a mess! The naming confusion appears to arise from disagreements between taxonomists. And, one has to think about the question: "Is a difference in the callus, of the sort Christenson describes, sufficient to regard a given pair of plants as being from different species rather than as merely different races of the same species?" And, "What if such a difference is correlated with distinct ranges?" After all, it seems that distinctions among most of the species and hybrids mentioned above are based, at least by Christenson, on what seem like modest differences in the callus. I wonder how many species of Man would have been identified by modern taxonomists had hominids been classified using the same methods as those used for orchids. It seems to me that the physiognomic variability in Man is much greater than it is in the whole genus Phalaenopsis. Ah the hazards of taxonomy when we don't have a solid theoretically valid understanding of what species are or how to apply such an understanding in the real world. I'd suggest that the primary reason modern taxonomy is mind boggling is that it occurs largely in a theoretical vaccume, and is in practice more like a suite of personality cults; with arguments based on the opinions of authority figures rather than on real science. Does this help, or add to your confusion? :-) Cheers, Ted "wendy7" wrote in message news:e903c.24$Lg.7@fed1read02... Hi Joanna, thanks for posting this. I find all this naming so mind boggling & then when searching it gets worse! (The mind, that is?) I found a pic of Phal. Leuchorroda that looks just like mine so will make notes of the natural cross. I guess nothing is written in stone? -- Cheers Wendy Remove PETERPAN for email reply J Fortuna wrote: [I am double-posting this message to rgo, so that this thread gets archived. This is a thread started on abpo] Claude, Hmm, very interesting. Does the Syn. stand for "synonym"? Phal philippinensis certainly seems to result in a lot more search results in google. Also, http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~fk8t-tnk/q-phi.htm for example seems to confirm Rod's statement about phal philippinensis being a natural hybrid of Phal.amabilis var.aphrodite X Phal.schilleriana -- and this site even mentions the alternative name, spelling it "leucorhoda" though. Many sites however just list phal philippinensis as a species phal. I wonder whether there is debate about this being a natural hybrid or a separate species, or whether those who identify this as a species just do so to simplify the description? Joanna "Claude" wrote in message s.com... This is what I found: Phal. leuchorroda Syn. Phal. philippinensis the site: http://www.sorellaorchids.com/orchid_list.htm Hope this help! Claude "wendy7" wrote in message news:R1U2c.35167$qL1.16649@fed1read02... Thanks much Joanna, interestingly Rod was my very first internet orchid vendor, seems like such a long time ago. -- Cheers Wendy Remove PETERPAN for email reply J Fortuna wrote: Wendy, Here is some info on Phal Leuchorroda posted in rgo in 1997 by Rod from Venger's Orchids: http://groups.google.com/groups?selm...ers.com&rnum=1 Best, Joanna "wendy7" wrote in message news:RcS2c.35152$qL1.26299@fed1read02... This phal is labelled Phal. leuchorroda. Have not found any info on it? It is mounted on a 5x6" piece of cork bark. It has mottled leaves and two spikes, one is more pink? -- Cheers Wendy Remove PETERPAN for email reply |
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Phal Leuchorroda ?
While I don't like confusion in naming plants and animals and I understand
the havoc that can plat for commercial horticulturalists and private collectors, I find it helpful to examine the history behind it and the reasons different taxonomists give for making distinctions. Here is what Christenson has to say that is of some relevance. "phal philippinensis being a natural hybrid of Phal.amabilis var.aphrodite X Phal.schilleriana" In his enry for P. philippinensis, he says: "When P. philippinensis was first discovered and brought into cultivation, it was confused with the similar P. x leucorrhoda." In his entry for P. x leucorrhoda, he says: "This is a naurally occuring hybrd between P. aphrodite and P. schilleriana." and: "When first introduced, P. philippinensis was consistently confused with P. x leucorrhoda. The calli of the two entities are quite different: in P. x leucorrhoda the posterior corners of the callus are sharply pointed teeth; in P. philippinensis the posterior corners of the callus are broadly rounded." In his entry for P. aphrodite, he says: "Phalaenopsis aphrodite has been confused with P. amabilis, whose flowers are very similar. In addition to having distinct ranges, with P. amabilis only recorded from the southern Philippines, there callus structures are distinct. Phalaenopsis aphrodite has the posterior edge of the callus divided into four teeth. This is unlike the callus of P. amabilis, which is divided into only two teeth." (He had previously written that P. aphrodite was from northern Philippines and Taiwan.) And under P. amabilis, he says: "Lindley was confused over the identification of the true P.amabilis and consistently applied that name to plants of P. aphrodite. As a result of this confusion, Lindley needed a name for this 'other' species and he redescribed true P. amabilis as P. grandiflora." and: "One ongoing confusion with P. amabilis is the application of the name to white flowered plants originating from southern Taiwan. Those Taiwanese plants ae correctly a subspecies of P. aphrodite." " No true P. amabilis has been recorded from Taiwan or its neighboring islands." What a mess! The naming confusion appears to arise from disagreements between taxonomists. And, one has to think about the question: "Is a difference in the callus, of the sort Christenson describes, sufficient to regard a given pair of plants as being from different species rather than as merely different races of the same species?" And, "What if such a difference is correlated with distinct ranges?" After all, it seems that distinctions among most of the species and hybrids mentioned above are based, at least by Christenson, on what seem like modest differences in the callus. I wonder how many species of Man would have been identified by modern taxonomists had hominids been classified using the same methods as those used for orchids. It seems to me that the physiognomic variability in Man is much greater than it is in the whole genus Phalaenopsis. Ah the hazards of taxonomy when we don't have a solid theoretically valid understanding of what species are or how to apply such an understanding in the real world. I'd suggest that the primary reason modern taxonomy is mind boggling is that it occurs largely in a theoretical vaccume, and is in practice more like a suite of personality cults; with arguments based on the opinions of authority figures rather than on real science. Does this help, or add to your confusion? :-) Cheers, Ted "wendy7" wrote in message news:e903c.24$Lg.7@fed1read02... Hi Joanna, thanks for posting this. I find all this naming so mind boggling & then when searching it gets worse! (The mind, that is?) I found a pic of Phal. Leuchorroda that looks just like mine so will make notes of the natural cross. I guess nothing is written in stone? -- Cheers Wendy Remove PETERPAN for email reply J Fortuna wrote: [I am double-posting this message to rgo, so that this thread gets archived. This is a thread started on abpo] Claude, Hmm, very interesting. Does the Syn. stand for "synonym"? Phal philippinensis certainly seems to result in a lot more search results in google. Also, http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~fk8t-tnk/q-phi.htm for example seems to confirm Rod's statement about phal philippinensis being a natural hybrid of Phal.amabilis var.aphrodite X Phal.schilleriana -- and this site even mentions the alternative name, spelling it "leucorhoda" though. Many sites however just list phal philippinensis as a species phal. I wonder whether there is debate about this being a natural hybrid or a separate species, or whether those who identify this as a species just do so to simplify the description? Joanna "Claude" wrote in message s.com... This is what I found: Phal. leuchorroda Syn. Phal. philippinensis the site: http://www.sorellaorchids.com/orchid_list.htm Hope this help! Claude "wendy7" wrote in message news:R1U2c.35167$qL1.16649@fed1read02... Thanks much Joanna, interestingly Rod was my very first internet orchid vendor, seems like such a long time ago. -- Cheers Wendy Remove PETERPAN for email reply J Fortuna wrote: Wendy, Here is some info on Phal Leuchorroda posted in rgo in 1997 by Rod from Venger's Orchids: http://groups.google.com/groups?selm...ers.com&rnum=1 Best, Joanna "wendy7" wrote in message news:RcS2c.35152$qL1.26299@fed1read02... This phal is labelled Phal. leuchorroda. Have not found any info on it? It is mounted on a 5x6" piece of cork bark. It has mottled leaves and two spikes, one is more pink? -- Cheers Wendy Remove PETERPAN for email reply |
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Ted,
I understood from all this that Phal leucorrhoda is for all practical purposes approximately synonymous to Phal phillipinensis, and anyone who thinks otherwise is probably a taxonomist, taxodermist, tax attorney, or similar sub-species of Man. Thanks for the clarification, Joanna "Ted Byers" wrote in message ... While I don't like confusion in naming plants and animals and I understand the havoc that can plat for commercial horticulturalists and private collectors, I find it helpful to examine the history behind it and the reasons different taxonomists give for making distinctions. Here is what Christenson has to say that is of some relevance. "phal philippinensis being a natural hybrid of Phal.amabilis var.aphrodite X Phal.schilleriana" In his enry for P. philippinensis, he says: "When P. philippinensis was first discovered and brought into cultivation, it was confused with the similar P. x leucorrhoda." In his entry for P. x leucorrhoda, he says: "This is a naurally occuring hybrd between P. aphrodite and P. schilleriana." and: "When first introduced, P. philippinensis was consistently confused with P. x leucorrhoda. The calli of the two entities are quite different: in P. x leucorrhoda the posterior corners of the callus are sharply pointed teeth; in P. philippinensis the posterior corners of the callus are broadly rounded." In his entry for P. aphrodite, he says: "Phalaenopsis aphrodite has been confused with P. amabilis, whose flowers are very similar. In addition to having distinct ranges, with P. amabilis only recorded from the southern Philippines, there callus structures are distinct. Phalaenopsis aphrodite has the posterior edge of the callus divided into four teeth. This is unlike the callus of P. amabilis, which is divided into only two teeth." (He had previously written that P. aphrodite was from northern Philippines and Taiwan.) And under P. amabilis, he says: "Lindley was confused over the identification of the true P.amabilis and consistently applied that name to plants of P. aphrodite. As a result of this confusion, Lindley needed a name for this 'other' species and he redescribed true P. amabilis as P. grandiflora." and: "One ongoing confusion with P. amabilis is the application of the name to white flowered plants originating from southern Taiwan. Those Taiwanese plants ae correctly a subspecies of P. aphrodite." " No true P. amabilis has been recorded from Taiwan or its neighboring islands." What a mess! The naming confusion appears to arise from disagreements between taxonomists. And, one has to think about the question: "Is a difference in the callus, of the sort Christenson describes, sufficient to regard a given pair of plants as being from different species rather than as merely different races of the same species?" And, "What if such a difference is correlated with distinct ranges?" After all, it seems that distinctions among most of the species and hybrids mentioned above are based, at least by Christenson, on what seem like modest differences in the callus. I wonder how many species of Man would have been identified by modern taxonomists had hominids been classified using the same methods as those used for orchids. It seems to me that the physiognomic variability in Man is much greater than it is in the whole genus Phalaenopsis. Ah the hazards of taxonomy when we don't have a solid theoretically valid understanding of what species are or how to apply such an understanding in the real world. I'd suggest that the primary reason modern taxonomy is mind boggling is that it occurs largely in a theoretical vaccume, and is in practice more like a suite of personality cults; with arguments based on the opinions of authority figures rather than on real science. Does this help, or add to your confusion? :-) Cheers, Ted "wendy7" wrote in message news:e903c.24$Lg.7@fed1read02... Hi Joanna, thanks for posting this. I find all this naming so mind boggling & then when searching it gets worse! (The mind, that is?) I found a pic of Phal. Leuchorroda that looks just like mine so will make notes of the natural cross. I guess nothing is written in stone? -- Cheers Wendy Remove PETERPAN for email reply J Fortuna wrote: [I am double-posting this message to rgo, so that this thread gets archived. This is a thread started on abpo] Claude, Hmm, very interesting. Does the Syn. stand for "synonym"? Phal philippinensis certainly seems to result in a lot more search results in google. Also, http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~fk8t-tnk/q-phi.htm for example seems to confirm Rod's statement about phal philippinensis being a natural hybrid of Phal.amabilis var.aphrodite X Phal.schilleriana -- and this site even mentions the alternative name, spelling it "leucorhoda" though. Many sites however just list phal philippinensis as a species phal. I wonder whether there is debate about this being a natural hybrid or a separate species, or whether those who identify this as a species just do so to simplify the description? Joanna "Claude" wrote in message s.com... This is what I found: Phal. leuchorroda Syn. Phal. philippinensis the site: http://www.sorellaorchids.com/orchid_list.htm Hope this help! Claude "wendy7" wrote in message news:R1U2c.35167$qL1.16649@fed1read02... Thanks much Joanna, interestingly Rod was my very first internet orchid vendor, seems like such a long time ago. -- Cheers Wendy Remove PETERPAN for email reply J Fortuna wrote: Wendy, Here is some info on Phal Leuchorroda posted in rgo in 1997 by Rod from Venger's Orchids: http://groups.google.com/groups?selm...ers.com&rnum=1 Best, Joanna "wendy7" wrote in message news:RcS2c.35152$qL1.26299@fed1read02... This phal is labelled Phal. leuchorroda. Have not found any info on it? It is mounted on a 5x6" piece of cork bark. It has mottled leaves and two spikes, one is more pink? -- Cheers Wendy Remove PETERPAN for email reply |
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Ted,
I understood from all this that Phal leucorrhoda is for all practical purposes approximately synonymous to Phal phillipinensis, and anyone who thinks otherwise is probably a taxonomist, taxodermist, tax attorney, or similar sub-species of Man. Thanks for the clarification, Joanna "Ted Byers" wrote in message ... While I don't like confusion in naming plants and animals and I understand the havoc that can plat for commercial horticulturalists and private collectors, I find it helpful to examine the history behind it and the reasons different taxonomists give for making distinctions. Here is what Christenson has to say that is of some relevance. "phal philippinensis being a natural hybrid of Phal.amabilis var.aphrodite X Phal.schilleriana" In his enry for P. philippinensis, he says: "When P. philippinensis was first discovered and brought into cultivation, it was confused with the similar P. x leucorrhoda." In his entry for P. x leucorrhoda, he says: "This is a naurally occuring hybrd between P. aphrodite and P. schilleriana." and: "When first introduced, P. philippinensis was consistently confused with P. x leucorrhoda. The calli of the two entities are quite different: in P. x leucorrhoda the posterior corners of the callus are sharply pointed teeth; in P. philippinensis the posterior corners of the callus are broadly rounded." In his entry for P. aphrodite, he says: "Phalaenopsis aphrodite has been confused with P. amabilis, whose flowers are very similar. In addition to having distinct ranges, with P. amabilis only recorded from the southern Philippines, there callus structures are distinct. Phalaenopsis aphrodite has the posterior edge of the callus divided into four teeth. This is unlike the callus of P. amabilis, which is divided into only two teeth." (He had previously written that P. aphrodite was from northern Philippines and Taiwan.) And under P. amabilis, he says: "Lindley was confused over the identification of the true P.amabilis and consistently applied that name to plants of P. aphrodite. As a result of this confusion, Lindley needed a name for this 'other' species and he redescribed true P. amabilis as P. grandiflora." and: "One ongoing confusion with P. amabilis is the application of the name to white flowered plants originating from southern Taiwan. Those Taiwanese plants ae correctly a subspecies of P. aphrodite." " No true P. amabilis has been recorded from Taiwan or its neighboring islands." What a mess! The naming confusion appears to arise from disagreements between taxonomists. And, one has to think about the question: "Is a difference in the callus, of the sort Christenson describes, sufficient to regard a given pair of plants as being from different species rather than as merely different races of the same species?" And, "What if such a difference is correlated with distinct ranges?" After all, it seems that distinctions among most of the species and hybrids mentioned above are based, at least by Christenson, on what seem like modest differences in the callus. I wonder how many species of Man would have been identified by modern taxonomists had hominids been classified using the same methods as those used for orchids. It seems to me that the physiognomic variability in Man is much greater than it is in the whole genus Phalaenopsis. Ah the hazards of taxonomy when we don't have a solid theoretically valid understanding of what species are or how to apply such an understanding in the real world. I'd suggest that the primary reason modern taxonomy is mind boggling is that it occurs largely in a theoretical vaccume, and is in practice more like a suite of personality cults; with arguments based on the opinions of authority figures rather than on real science. Does this help, or add to your confusion? :-) Cheers, Ted "wendy7" wrote in message news:e903c.24$Lg.7@fed1read02... Hi Joanna, thanks for posting this. I find all this naming so mind boggling & then when searching it gets worse! (The mind, that is?) I found a pic of Phal. Leuchorroda that looks just like mine so will make notes of the natural cross. I guess nothing is written in stone? -- Cheers Wendy Remove PETERPAN for email reply J Fortuna wrote: [I am double-posting this message to rgo, so that this thread gets archived. This is a thread started on abpo] Claude, Hmm, very interesting. Does the Syn. stand for "synonym"? Phal philippinensis certainly seems to result in a lot more search results in google. Also, http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~fk8t-tnk/q-phi.htm for example seems to confirm Rod's statement about phal philippinensis being a natural hybrid of Phal.amabilis var.aphrodite X Phal.schilleriana -- and this site even mentions the alternative name, spelling it "leucorhoda" though. Many sites however just list phal philippinensis as a species phal. I wonder whether there is debate about this being a natural hybrid or a separate species, or whether those who identify this as a species just do so to simplify the description? Joanna "Claude" wrote in message s.com... This is what I found: Phal. leuchorroda Syn. Phal. philippinensis the site: http://www.sorellaorchids.com/orchid_list.htm Hope this help! Claude "wendy7" wrote in message news:R1U2c.35167$qL1.16649@fed1read02... Thanks much Joanna, interestingly Rod was my very first internet orchid vendor, seems like such a long time ago. -- Cheers Wendy Remove PETERPAN for email reply J Fortuna wrote: Wendy, Here is some info on Phal Leuchorroda posted in rgo in 1997 by Rod from Venger's Orchids: http://groups.google.com/groups?selm...ers.com&rnum=1 Best, Joanna "wendy7" wrote in message news:RcS2c.35152$qL1.26299@fed1read02... This phal is labelled Phal. leuchorroda. Have not found any info on it? It is mounted on a 5x6" piece of cork bark. It has mottled leaves and two spikes, one is more pink? -- Cheers Wendy Remove PETERPAN for email reply |
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Thank you so much Ted for all this info. I get the feeling that these guys
just wanted to get their names & findings down on record? An ego thing! *g* In the mean time since my tag reads Phal. Leuchorroda, I will add the data to my d/base for referance. Thanks again for you precious time. -- Cheers Wendy Remove PETERPAN for email reply J Fortuna wrote: Ted, I understood from all this that Phal leucorrhoda is for all practical purposes approximately synonymous to Phal phillipinensis, and anyone who thinks otherwise is probably a taxonomist, taxodermist, tax attorney, or similar sub-species of Man. Thanks for the clarification, Joanna "Ted Byers" wrote in message ... While I don't like confusion in naming plants and animals and I understand the havoc that can plat for commercial horticulturalists and private collectors, I find it helpful to examine the history behind it and the reasons different taxonomists give for making distinctions. Here is what Christenson has to say that is of some relevance. "phal philippinensis being a natural hybrid of Phal.amabilis var.aphrodite X Phal.schilleriana" In his enry for P. philippinensis, he says: "When P. philippinensis was first discovered and brought into cultivation, it was confused with the similar P. x leucorrhoda." In his entry for P. x leucorrhoda, he says: "This is a naurally occuring hybrd between P. aphrodite and P. schilleriana." and: "When first introduced, P. philippinensis was consistently confused with P. x leucorrhoda. The calli of the two entities are quite different: in P. x leucorrhoda the posterior corners of the callus are sharply pointed teeth; in P. philippinensis the posterior corners of the callus are broadly rounded." In his entry for P. aphrodite, he says: "Phalaenopsis aphrodite has been confused with P. amabilis, whose flowers are very similar. In addition to having distinct ranges, with P. amabilis only recorded from the southern Philippines, there callus structures are distinct. Phalaenopsis aphrodite has the posterior edge of the callus divided into four teeth. This is unlike the callus of P. amabilis, which is divided into only two teeth." (He had previously written that P. aphrodite was from northern Philippines and Taiwan.) And under P. amabilis, he says: "Lindley was confused over the identification of the true P.amabilis and consistently applied that name to plants of P. aphrodite. As a result of this confusion, Lindley needed a name for this 'other' species and he redescribed true P. amabilis as P. grandiflora." and: "One ongoing confusion with P. amabilis is the application of the name to white flowered plants originating from southern Taiwan. Those Taiwanese plants ae correctly a subspecies of P. aphrodite." " No true P. amabilis has been recorded from Taiwan or its neighboring islands." What a mess! The naming confusion appears to arise from disagreements between taxonomists. And, one has to think about the question: "Is a difference in the callus, of the sort Christenson describes, sufficient to regard a given pair of plants as being from different species rather than as merely different races of the same species?" And, "What if such a difference is correlated with distinct ranges?" After all, it seems that distinctions among most of the species and hybrids mentioned above are based, at least by Christenson, on what seem like modest differences in the callus. I wonder how many species of Man would have been identified by modern taxonomists had hominids been classified using the same methods as those used for orchids. It seems to me that the physiognomic variability in Man is much greater than it is in the whole genus Phalaenopsis. Ah the hazards of taxonomy when we don't have a solid theoretically valid understanding of what species are or how to apply such an understanding in the real world. I'd suggest that the primary reason modern taxonomy is mind boggling is that it occurs largely in a theoretical vaccume, and is in practice more like a suite of personality cults; with arguments based on the opinions of authority figures rather than on real science. Does this help, or add to your confusion? :-) Cheers, Ted "wendy7" wrote in message news:e903c.24$Lg.7@fed1read02... Hi Joanna, thanks for posting this. I find all this naming so mind boggling & then when searching it gets worse! (The mind, that is?) I found a pic of Phal. Leuchorroda that looks just like mine so will make notes of the natural cross. I guess nothing is written in stone? -- Cheers Wendy Remove PETERPAN for email reply J Fortuna wrote: [I am double-posting this message to rgo, so that this thread gets archived. This is a thread started on abpo] Claude, Hmm, very interesting. Does the Syn. stand for "synonym"? Phal philippinensis certainly seems to result in a lot more search results in google. Also, http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~fk8t-tnk/q-phi.htm for example seems to confirm Rod's statement about phal philippinensis being a natural hybrid of Phal.amabilis var.aphrodite X Phal.schilleriana -- and this site even mentions the alternative name, spelling it "leucorhoda" though. Many sites however just list phal philippinensis as a species phal. I wonder whether there is debate about this being a natural hybrid or a separate species, or whether those who identify this as a species just do so to simplify the description? Joanna "Claude" wrote in message s.com... This is what I found: Phal. leuchorroda Syn. Phal. philippinensis the site: http://www.sorellaorchids.com/orchid_list.htm Hope this help! Claude "wendy7" wrote in message news:R1U2c.35167$qL1.16649@fed1read02... Thanks much Joanna, interestingly Rod was my very first internet orchid vendor, seems like such a long time ago. -- Cheers Wendy Remove PETERPAN for email reply J Fortuna wrote: Wendy, Here is some info on Phal Leuchorroda posted in rgo in 1997 by Rod from Venger's Orchids: http://groups.google.com/groups?selm...ers.com&rnum=1 Best, Joanna "wendy7" wrote in message news:RcS2c.35152$qL1.26299@fed1read02... This phal is labelled Phal. leuchorroda. Have not found any info on it? It is mounted on a 5x6" piece of cork bark. It has mottled leaves and two spikes, one is more pink? -- Cheers Wendy Remove PETERPAN for email reply |
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